Honey in the feeder

[donniethebeeman]

I have used older and extra honey in feeders before for weak hives, but it has always been honey from my bees. Today my wife called me from work (she works at a local tourism attraction (nothing special or fun they just sell local items to tourists)) but she said they had a few cases of crystalized honey that they couldn't return to the vendor. I am planning on heating the honey to liquify it and using some of it to feed two weak hives I have. My question is what can i do to make sure there is no trace of foulbrood or any thing else harmful for the bees in there. I had thought about heating it to a higher temperature then what it would take to liquify it to kill any spores. would this work. I haven't seen any research on how heat affects bee diseases. there will be no loss anyway cause i will eat it any how....
Thanks

[gmcharlie]

it probably already has been heated, check to see what brand or if its local...

The trick is if you carmelize it, the bees will die from injesting it...

[donniethebeeman]

It is from a large local apiary who and it is all in 32 oz bears

[gmcharlie]

if hes local and a good guy just go talk to him or look at his stratgey... most big outfits process the honey at a high temp anyway which should have solved your problem... If hes local and doesn't have problems with foulbrood, then its an easy solution...!

[Walt McBride]

As honey is heated the HMF will increase. A high level of HMF in honey is a danger to bees.
Do a search on HMF in honey. (Hydroxy Methyl Furfural).
If you slowly liquefy the containers in low heat I think it will be OK.
Walt